Believing It All Quotes

“Falling as deeply in love with as many people, places, and things as you possibly can -- that's the best revenge on the unjust brevity of this fragile life.”
― Marc Parent, Believing It All: Lessons I Learned from My Children

“The bittersweet side of appreciating life's most precious moments is the unbearable awareness that those moments are passing.”
― Marc Parent, Believing It All: Lessons I Learned from My Children

“In the end, it's not what we keep our children from that will save them. It's what we put into them in the first place.”
― Marc Parent, Believing It All: Lessons I Learned from My Children

“Simple kindness as a means to no other end than itself is not something that springs up and flourishes on its own. Compassion is cultivated. Empathy needs watching over. It's not enough to simply plant the seeds. Their fruits are not native to the soil. Left to itself, the untended heart grows cold.”
― Marc Parent, Believing It All: Lessons I Learned from My Children